Confectioner s tool



(No Model.)

G. S. COLLUM.

GONPBGTIONERS TOOL.

No. 488,752. Patented Dec; 27, 1892. Q

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. COLLUM, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

CONFECTIONERS TOOL. V

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,752, dated December 2'7, 1892.

Application filed February 5, 1890. Serial No. 339,372- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. COLLUM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confectioners Tools, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

The invention relates to the tools or implements which are used by confectioners for shaping or forming that class of confectionery commonly known as buttercups, or candies of a similar shape in which the interior and exterior are compounded from different ingredients.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap tool which may be used to press the candy into shape so that it may be readily broken into sections of the desired form with the exterior compound completely surrounding and inclosing the filling.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool with the cover raised. Fig. 2 is a plan view' on enlarged scale of one end of the baseshowing a small batch of candy pressed to shape. Fig. 3 is an edge view of one end of the tool with the cover closed upon some candy. Fig. 4 is a view of some of the candy before it is pressed by the tool.

In the views the letter aindicates the elongated base which is preferably cast to shape of any desirable metal, as iron or brass, with legs I) projecting from the front edge, and legs 0 projecting from the back edge to form a wide support for the base. The ends 0' of the legs 0 are preferably bent upward and perforated to form a bearing for the pivot which passes through these upturned ends and the down turned ends f of the arms f that project rearward from the back edge of the cover e, which is of similar contour and material as the base, so that the base and cover are pivotally connected and can be opened or closed, a handle h, which may be readily grasped, being attached to the cover to facilitate this.

The long and narrow base a is provided with a plural number of upward projecting thin ridges or-blades d with blunt edges, ex-

tending transversely of the base, and the cover e is provided with a similar number of downward projecting transverse blades 9 corresponding to the blades d on the base so that when the base and cover are closed together the edges of the blades come in contact and form a large number of rectangular channels running across the length of the tool.

Confectionery of the class for which this tool is more especially intended is usually made of a filling i" which may be either a soft, creamy, or hard compound, according to the nature of the candy desired, while the exterior t is usually made of a harder and more ornamental compound than the filling. The filling or interior i is first drawn out into a rope or stick and covered with a wrapper or jacket 1', and the stick, 2', thus formed, in a Warm state is laid lengthwise on the base across the blades and the cover closed down so that the blades press the stick together at intervals along its length causing it to swell somewhat between them. The stick in this form is then removed and allowed to cool when it will readily break on the lines of compression into sections of the desired shape. When the cover is closed down on the stick the blunt edges of the blades do not cut it into pieces but merely press together from each side the exterior wrapper or jacket of the candy, causing it to entirely surround the filling, and in this condition it is allowed to harden so that the exterior will stick together where compressed before it is broken into sections, so that the interior will nowhere protrude or be visible. If the jacket was cut or severed at any point before cooling the interior squeezes out destroying the shape as well as the neatness of the candy.

The channels across the tool between the blades are somewhat larger and deeper than the sections of the candy so that they may be free to swell and take a natural shape when pressed, also to allow free expansion of the material so that the filling may be pressed into the center of the cup away from the edges where the candy is broken.

I claim as my invention:

A confectioners tool consisting of an elongated base provided with a series of bluntedged upward projecting transverse ridges, With intervening channels, and rearwardly projecting legs, having up-turned ends and a cover having rearwardly projecting arms having downwardly projecting ends pivoted to the up-turned ends of the rear legs of the base, said cover having a corresponding number of similar downwardly projecting blunt edged transverse ridges and a handle for operating it substantially as set forth.

GEORGE S. GOLLUM.

Witnesses: v

HARRY R. WILLIAMS, A. F. LANGDON. 

